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Document Type
Article
Abstract
The octane rating of a gasoline is an indication of how a gas burns. Straight-chain hydrocarbon molecules are unsuitable for use in automobiles because they burn too rapidly causing the engine to knock and ping.
Publication Date
April 1982
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
19
Issue
1
First Page
7
Last Page
7
Copyright
© Copyright 1982 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
(1982)
"Octane,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 19:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol19/iss1/5